WAYS to LEARN ABOUT and WORK AGAINST RACISM

The cure for racism in education is not colorblindness. Read here about why white teachers need to see
color: https://www.weareteachers.com/white-teachers-need-to-see-color/

Listen to Face the Racist Nation, a 51-minute podcast by Lois Beckett (The Guardian US) about her year-
long examination of white nationalists. Asking “what are the consequences of covering these groups?” she
interviews journalists and closes with a conversation with Ibram X. Kendi about the enduring myths
surrounding the perpetuation of racist ideas and whose interests these misconceptions serve.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/452538775/on-the-media

TIME Magazine’s August issue focuses on the US South. Read author Jessmyn Ward's essay "My True South"
Why I Decided to Return Home to the South" here: http://time.com/5349517/jesmyn-ward-my-true-south/

Learn about the origins and legacy of disparities in wealth and assets from “The Racist History of Banking”
a short video: https://splinternews.com/the-racist-history-of-banking-1827523715

Save the date for Community Well-being with a Racial Justice Lens – a public workshop on Thursday, Sept
.20 at 6pm at Monte Vista Baptist Church, 1735 Old Niles Ferry Road, Maryville - cosponsored by Blount
County United Education Committee and Blount County SURJ.

If the US population were 100 people, how many would be …. ? This animated video puts the entire US
population into perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCTaiKxpWSA

Learn how racism affects our criminal justice system: Season 2 of “In the Dark” reveals – through the case of
Curtis Flowers - the complicated, insidious, and tragic role that race plays from investigation through jury
selection and deliberation. https://www.apmreports.org/in-the-dark/season-two

Support anti-racism work with a donation to Blount County United, our local NAACP chapter, Southern
Poverty Law Center, United Negro College Fund, Black Youth Project 100, or other anti-racist organizations.
Join their list-servs and take actions they recommend.

The Annual Prayer Walk Against Racism is Saturday, Sept. 22. Meet at New Providence Presbyterian
Church at 1pm.
BLOUNT COUNTY UNITED meets again on Saturday, Oct. 27. at 1:00 pm St. Paul AME Zion Church, Maryville.
Join the Alcoa/Blount branch of NAACP: 4th Sat at 11:45 am at St. Paul AME Zion Church, Maryville.

Sign up for Blount County SURJ’s email list: Contact us at blountcountySURJ@gmail.com

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A publication of Blount County Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) September 2018